Rainfall can be a tricky thing to measure. The amount of rain falling in a given area can change from minute to minute and might be completely different from the amount falling only a few miles ...

Have you ever wondered how meteorologists calculate how much rain has fallen in your area? Well, there are two main ways we measure accurate rainfall.

Using moving cars to measure rainfall Date: November 28, 2013 Source: European Geosciences Union (EGU) Summary: Drivers on a rainy day regulate the speed of their windshield wipers according to ...

Use a measuring device to track rainfall in different areas of your garden. Water gauges are available at your local garden center or place a simple container in the area and measure with a ruler.

A measuring stick graduated to tenths of an inch is then used to measure the depth of water in the collection funnel. Every tenth of an inch of water in the funnel equals 0.01 inch of rain.

As rain interferes with radio signals, researchers have been able to measure rainfall using data supplied by the mobile telecommunications company Orange. The new method offers greater spatial ...

Freezing rain and drizzle will accumulate in Central Texas neighborhoods this week. Here's how to measure and report it.

After using the so-called rain year — July to June — for more than 130 years to measure precipitation totals, National Weather Service stations in Southern California recently started using ...